Heavy snow and extreme weather cause sunken vessels and avalanche risk in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — Extreme wintertime upwind has caused ample vessels to descend successful the Juneau, Alaska, harbor and communities are making preparations for a imaginable avalanche.

The City and Borough of Juneau Docks and Harbors Department said the interaction of severe weather is earnestly impacting the harbor.

Three ample vessels wholly sunk overnight, bringing the tempest full to 8 vessels that person been mislaid truthful far, metropolis officials said.

"Our crews are moving astir the clock, utilizing each de-watering pump available, and we are present rapidly moving retired of resources arsenic conditions persist," Juneau Harbors said connected social media.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is conducting avalanche hazard simplification supra Thane Road connected Thursday. This is due to the fact that there's a precocious avalanche hazard successful the area.

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The roadworthy volition stay closed astatine the avalanche gates until hazard simplification enactment is implicit and conditions let for a harmless reopening, officials said.

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This enactment is intended to trim the hazard of larger avalanches impacting the area. DOT officials said that if avalanche debris reaches the roadway, an extended closure whitethorn beryllium necessary.

Thane Road is closed portion officials enactment to mitigate the hazard of a ample avalanche.

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If you ain a boat, officials inquire that you don't shovel snowfall onto floats oregon digit floats. They accidental digit interval snowfall removal is the work of vas owners.

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The Arctic District of the U.S. Coast Guard warns that dense snowfall tin rapidly trim stableness and origin vessels to sink, which tin pb to spot harm and pollution.

The benignant of snowfall determines however overmuch it weighs, and however overmuch of an interaction it could person connected homes, oregon vessels.

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Alaska has been deed with a snowier than mean December, which is contributing to the wide risks associated with the terrible weather.

During a emblematic December, Juneau sees betwixt 40 and 50 inches of snow. But successful December 2025, the snowfall full surpassed records, reaching a whopping 82 inches.

Juneau sees a record-breaking December with accumulating snowfall reaching 82 inches.

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The Juneau Docks and Harbors Department is moving to bring backmost seasonal summertime staff, and they've created short-term exigency positions to assistance with snowfall removal.

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Anyone who sees a vas astatine hazard of sinking successful immoderate City and Borough of Juneau harbor is asked to interaction the Harbor Office astatine 907-586-5255.